The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU as his service-connected disabilities do not meet the threshold requirements for TDIU and they do not render him unemployable.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not show that there is a reasonable possibility that the Veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities or that his service-connected disabilities render him unemployable. The block to sedentary employment comes from his nonservice-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle sprain, right ankle sprain, lumbosacral strain, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23067352
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